Num 22:41, 2Ki 16:4, 17:10-11, 23:13, Jer 3:6, Eze 20:28-29, Hos 4:13 | TSK | STEP | high places.{Bamoth baal,} "the high places of Baal," probably the same as Bamoth mentioned in ch. 21.19, 20; evidently not far from Baal-meon, in the mountains of Abarim: for the Israelites were now encamped in the plains of Moab, which these mountains overlook. Baal, which signifies a lord or governor, was a name common to many idols; and probably here was the same as Chemosh, the god of Moab. utmost.

Numbers 22:41

high places.{Bamoth baal,} "the high places of Baal," probably the same as Bamoth mentioned in ch. 21.19, 20; evidently not far from Baal-meon, in the mountains of Abarim: for the Israelites were now encamped in the plains of Moab, which these mountains overlook. Baal, which signifies a lord or governor, was a name common to many idols; and probably here was the same as Chemosh, the god of Moab.

25:2,3; De 12:2; 2Ch 11:15; Jer 48:35

utmost.

23:13

2 Kings 16:4

on the hills.

De 12:2; 1Ki 14:23; Isa 57:5-7; 65:4; 66:17; Jer 17:2; Eze 20:28,29

2 Kings 17:10-11

they set.

16:4; Ex 34:13; Le 26:1; 1Ki 14:23; Isa 57:5

images. Heb. statues. groves.

De 16:21; Mic 5:14

in every.

16:4; 1Ki 14:23; De 12:2,3

burnt.

1Ki 13:1; 2Ch 28:25; Jer 44:17

to provoke.

21:6; Ps 78:56-58

2 Kings 23:13

the mount of corruption. that is, the mount of Olives.Houbigant, deriving the Hebrew {mashchith} from {mashach,} "to anoint," reads "the Mount of Olives." Jarchi, following the Chaldee, also says this was the Mount of Olives; for this is the mount {hammishchah,} of unction: but because of the idolatrous purposes for which it was used, the Scripture changed the appellation to the mount of {hammashchith,} corruption.

Solomon.

1Ki 11:7; Ne 13:26

Ashtoreth.

Jud 2:13; 10:6; 1Sa 7:4; 12:10; 1Ki 11:5,33

Chemosh.

Nu 21:29; Jud 11:24; Jer 48:7,13,16

Milcom.

Zep 1:5

Malcham.